Shy and Mighty

Reading Quiet Riot Sharing actor and singer, Zendaya's shyness story from my new book Quiet Riot. 

Answering common questions about shyness Is shyness the same as social anxiety? Is shyness more common amongst women? Is shyness the same as introversion? And lots more! 

Going back to basics with shyness expert Nadia Finer. What is shyness? When do we feel shy? Why do we feel shy?

Horse Whispering - How horses can help shy people. With Carol Trengereid, the Horse Confidence Builder.

My Shy Life: Katie's story

Handling sensitivity and stress, with hypnotherapist Will Aylward 

Shy person, Shay, finds the courage to share her story and experiences of shyness. 

Tune in for words of wisdom from Dr Joanna Martin, founder of One of Many.  We discuss shyness, growing up and what organisations can do to better support their shy people. 

Interview with Josie Dom - children's book author 

Tune in to discover lots more tips on how to shine in an interview as a shy person.

In this latest episode of the Shy and Mighty show, I'm talking about job interviews. I know nailing an interview can be super stressful when you're shy, which is why I'm on hand to offer a whole bunch of top tips to help you shine. 

Mary Baird-Wilcock has one goal to help people simplify their lives. With over 16+ years of experience in running her own company, she coaches creative entrepreneurs on how to simplify and optimize the operations side of their small business, including sales mastery, shifting towards a thriving mindset, and how to do less to accomplish more. Ultimately, helping them become a hero.Mary is the host of The Simplifiers Podcast, where she takes topics in business and in life and SIMPLIFIES them. Her podcast has thousands of devoted listeners in 106 countries around the world and is rapidly growing!An international public speaker who's been published in Forbes magazine, Huffington Post, MSN, Metro and featured as one of the “Top 25 Young Event Pros to Watch” by Special Events Magazine. Mary is also on a mission to share the gospel of what a Texas breakfast taco is all about.Visit thesimplifiers.com to listen to the podcast and get connected!Tell me a bit about your shyness... (if you're going to be sharing your story with us)I was a terribly shy child all the way up to when I was 13 years old. My favorite pastime was playing in my closet with all my toys and closing the accordion doors, shutting out the outside world. It was my safe space and I didn't have to interact with others. However, one day at age 13, I felt like the Universe whispered in to my ear... "if you continue to close out the world, you'll miss out on so much in life. Life is better together." From there, I've cultivated my ability to be bold, courageous and learn how to spark a conversation with anyone at anytime. I've slowly changed from being an introvert to an ambivert, learning how to navigate my shyness and turn it into a superpower of attentive listening and kindness. This has helped me build a multiple six-figure business (The Simplifiers) and opened up doors you couldn't even imagine throughout my career so far. How has being shy impacted you personally and professionally, would you say?When my shyness flares up, I start to doubt my innate abilities to do the work I'm here to do, professionally. And when I let the shyness pop up in my personal life, I find I'm not as assertive as I should be, laying down my needs/wants/desires to placate others. Not good. I've been doing the work over the years to reverse this and happy to share what's helped.What are the biggest challenges you face as a shy person?Fear of failureFear of rejectionFear of abandonmentIn your expert opinion, what do you think we could do better to help shy people be more mighty?Remember, "shy" doesn't always equal "introvert". Even ambiverts and extroverts can feel shy. Remove the stigma and educate the masses to help people feel more comfortable in big moments in work and life.What specific tips or advice would you like to share with the Shy and Mighty listeners to help them overcome the aspects of their shyness that are holding them back?- nurture the people around you to form deeper relationships (clients, colleagues, prospects, friends, neighbors, and beyond)- cultivate your BOLDness and simply ASK!- together is better... alone serves no one.- do less to accomplish more... that is the art of simplifyingthesimplifiers.com

How to overcome social anxiety with Mark Metry, author of Screw Being Shy. Mark shares his journey from having severe social anxiety, where he was unable to speak to anyone or even make eye contact, to becoming a socially free person and speaking on stage to thousands of people worldwide. Mark shares his advice on how to move beyond the fear of judgement so that you can get on with living your life.

How to squash the demons and sell yourself, with author and writer Gillian Harvey

Antonina Mamzenko is an award-winning family photojournalist based in London, UK. Originally from Russia, she's been living in the UK for the past 15 years and working as a professional photographer since 2009. She's also a mother, a bookworm, a geek and a hippy-at-heart who loves to travel. She uses her camera and curiosity to find love, joy, beauty and humour in unexpected places."I've been shy and quiet for as long as I can remember. I've always felt different from my peers at school, and I'd always been much happier to be reading a book than talking to people. But I think I also had quite a low self-esteem and that made me doubt myself and what I wanted and as a result, I wouldn't pursue it or not tell anyone about it. Like I really wanted to write novels as a teenager but even that I was shy about and embarrassed to admit and show my writings to anyone.But curiously my mother told me recently that as a pre-schooler I wasn't really that shy at all. I was talking all the time, asking questions, etc. I'm not exactly sure when and what happened, it could have been a passing comment from someone that really made an impression on me, or at nursery me wanting to play with older kids as I was quite advanced and was bored in my age group, but obviously the older kids didn't want to have anything to do with me, I don't know. But eventually, I just shut down and became very shy.And now I have a 9-year-old son who is also very shy (but also extraverted!) and it falls on me to be understanding of his shyness but also encouraging him to overcome it without pushing him too much. It's been an interesting challenge and a process.Professionally, my shyness has meant I wasn't able to grow my business as fast as I would have liked. It's only in the past 2-3 years that I've been able to step over my shyness and really put myself out there, go meet new people, do interviews and talks and so on. Before that, just speaking on a podcast would have been my worst nightmare! I remember being asked to do a presentation as I was graduating with my Masters here in the UK and it nearly killed me and was a disaster!When I first started as a photographer I was convinced I couldn't be a people photographer because I wasn't confident or assertive enough directing a crowd. It's only years and years later I realized that my shyness and quietness is my unique gift and embraced it. So I don't direct people, I could quietly observe them and create the most unique photographs that capture real moments that are just so precious.Personally... I really like people and having deep, interesting conversations with people, but I've often been too shy to say "hi" first and start that conversation. Thank god for the internet as that way I've been able to start making connections much easier and then take them offline.I've gotten a lot better at overcoming my shyness in social situations. But I think people still can sometimes assume that I just don't like them or that I'm not friendly, whereas I'm just shy and really want them to make that first move!Having said that, it's been a huge help to know that some of my idols both in the photography industry and generally in the world are actually quite shy and introverted, but they work on themselves to still put themselves out there and have successful careers. I'm also very introverted and reading Quiet, the book by Susan Cain, has been eye-opening and empowering in understanding that it's normal and the boundaries I need to have in place in order to function at my best."

How to find your happy - with Shrink Mom, aka psychologist Lindsay Weisner

Shoot me! My super self conscious photoshoot

Grilling politicians with Nice Boss, Roopam Carroll

How to find your happy, with psychologist and anxiety expert, Lindsay Weisner

Shoot me! My super self conscious photo shoot

Grilling politicians with Nice Boss, Roopam Carroll.

How to help your shy child - with psychologist Natasha Tiwari

The Power of Purpose with Caroline Thwaites.

Visibility in Vegas. How I navigated my nerves to rock the stage.

Though she may be little she is fierce! 14 year old Edie shows that shy can be mighty.

How to help your shy child blossom with coach and mum, Kathy Stowell

Navigating the recruitment process as a shy person, with recruitment expert, Ellie Dailey

Celebrity journalist Kimberley Bond, on handling shyness on the red carpet

Life Clubs founder Nina Grunfeld on shyness

How to Conference with Confidence - Live recording from She Podcasts

How to scale when you're shy with Business Consultant Jessica Fearnley

Esther is the founder of the Confidence Box. She trained as an actor and spent over 10 years in recruitment, dealing with clients in the corporate, retail, property, design, publishing and advertising sectors. She works with very shy and unconfident...

Shoe expert Susannah Davda, aka the Shoe Consultant, writes and speaks about shoes, as well as helping people to start shoe brands.  "I don't love working for other people, and after 17 years of working in the footwear industry, I set up my (now...

This week my special guest on the Shy and Mighty podcast, is Melissa Cliffe, of a Meaningful Midlife, and founder of the Appearance Project, where she is exploring the role appearance and attractiveness plays in women’s lives, particularly as we age. "I...

How to grow a massive online business and become a global influencer - when you're shy!

Rebecca, works in the City of London, in Finance. She came to the UK from China, nine years ago. On this episode of Shy and Mighty I speak to Rebecca about the contrast between attitudes towards shyness in China and in the UK. We also discuss her work a...

How personal development and self-care helped Lucy Smith overcome anxiety and shyness

Successful business owner Steve Witt shows that shy people can be hugely successful

On this entertaining episode Nadia is joined by the splendid and rather funny actor and writer, Imogen Church, who has learned to overcome and manage the aspects of her shyness that were holding her back. "I am an actress specialising in audio and I als...

How to move beyond past trauma and panic with Kenny Mammarella D'Cruz

Join us to discover how shyness relates to introversion and being a highly sensitive person.

How to master confidence and public speaking even if you're shy - with public speaking coach Stephen Lynch

Find out how brownie baker, Alex Flitcroft refuses to let her shyness and fears hold her back from business success

From hiding in the background to front line police officer!

On this episode Nadia delves into how boxing has been a big part of her journey to becoming Shy and Mighty.

On this episode, I'm joined by the incredible, award winning video strategist, Lucy Griffiths.

Discover how shy person, Danielle Wallington, has become the queen of networking. Jam packed with top tips to get you working the room in style, even if you're someone who usually clings to the wall or props up the bar!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shyandmighty/message

In this episode, host, Nadia Finer talks about her journey from shy to shy and mighty... and how the Shy and Mighty project came about. Nadia knows what it's like to be shy. Find out why! Tune in to discover how Nadia has learned to embrace her insecurities,  overcome her limiting beliefs and and found a way to create a quieter version of success. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shyandmighty/message

The Shy and Mighty podcast is on a softly spoken mission to help shy people be more mighty. Shy people don't need fixing. We don't need to change who we are. In a world filled with noise and hot air it's time for us to speak up and stop hiding!Meet your host, Nadia Finer and find out what the Shy and Mighty podcast is all about. The visibility vortexShy people struggle with being seen. It makes you feel self-conscious, uncomfortable and awkward. You worry about being judged, about not being good enough, of doing something silly. You worry about all the things. Because shy people tend not to push themselves forward or shout above the noise, they are often overlooked, and under-estimated.We need balanceThe world needs a mixture of personalities, perspectives and skills to function. If shy people don’t speak up, and are under-represented in society, the only voices we hear are the loud ones. Imagine a world with only confident, shouty people. Nobody would be heard. Nothing would get done! The world needs balance and variety.It’s time to speak upShyness is not a problem. You don’t need fixing. Or changing. But if you’re frustrated with yourself for holding yourself back, and you don’t feel able to share your ideas, stand up for your opinions, or achieve your goals… then, we can do something to help you overcome the aspects of being shy that are holding you back.Shy can be MightyShy people have many positive skills. They are often self-aware, creative, thoughtful, empathetic and kind. When people around us won’t stop talking, shy people tend to listen more than they talk, observe and think deeply, forming deep, long lasting connections. There are certain fields where shy people excel, for example shy people make great counsellors, consultants, phycologists, analysts and researchers because they think deeply and are good at listening. There is a place for quiet, confident success.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shyandmighty/message